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What does it mean to be wealthy?. True False??. Most milionaires inherited their wealth…. FALSE – 80% are 1 st Generation. Most millionaires earn more than $500,000 a year. False – Less than 15% have an income over that.
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Most milionaires inherited their wealth… • FALSE – 80% are 1st Generation
Most millionaires earn more than $500,000 a year • False – Less than 15% have an income over that
College graduates earn about twice what high school graduates earn over a 40-year work life • False, the average college graduate earns 78% more than the average high school grad and people with professional degrees earn 255% more!
People who are self =employed rarely become millionaires • False – more than half of millionaires are self-employed.
All millionaires wear expensive clothes. • False – fifty percent of millionaires have never paid fore than $400 for a suit; 90% have never paid more than $1,000 for a suit
Millionaires usually drive new cars • False – less than 25% drive a current-year car and more than half drive a car that is more than 2 years old
Many millionaires drop out of college to start work • False Four of five millionaires are college grads. 18% have a master’s degree, 8% law degrees, 6% Ph.D’s
It is impossible to save enough to be a millionaire • False – if a 22-year old saves %50 a week during his/her working life and earns 9% rate of return on the investment, the saver will have more than 1 million by the age of 63.